Jason Snell :zeppelin:

I make @sixcolors & @incomparable & @upgrade among other things. I've been writing and talking about Apple since back when it was doomed.

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2024-10-08 20:47:10

Google just doesn’t care about indie developers or users that rely on their apps
https://social.panic.com/@panic/113273222385009576

2024-09-17 17:29:53

Well, I asked: If you are an AirPods Max user and you want the new USB-C version and you rely on 3.5mm cable audio input, there is currently no solution for you. Apple doesn't sell that cable. I suspect they will, eventually, but at launch they don’t and other cables probably won't work. 🙄

2024-09-16 14:00:18

Just posted on Six Colors: Ten.
https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/09/ten/

2024-09-11 16:57:11

Backstory: I wrote this for free for Macworld in exchange for promoting Six Colors when it launched, after I was laid off. It has since been removed from their site so I'm republishing it on Six Colors so I can refer to it.
Also: Look, it's the debut of the Camera Bump!
https://zeppelin.flights/@jsnell/113119950550950142

2024-09-11 16:51:04

Just posted on Six Colors: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus review: Bigger is in fact better (in the right hands)
https://sixcolors.com/post/2014/09/iphone-6-and-iphone-6-plus-review-bigger-is-in-fact-better-in-the-right-hands/

2024-09-11 00:16:41

Ten years ago a lot of people I respect (including me) lost their jobs at IDG. Hard to believe it's been a decade.
https://sixcolors.com/post/2014/09/september-10-2014-a-personal-announcement/

2024-08-19 20:45:07

New Upgrade: Fornite returns to the (not your) iPhone, Apple opens up NFC and enacts new restrictions on Patreon, Spotify posts a link, and we discuss what is and is not a 'Tabletop Robot.'
https://www.relay.fm/upgrade/525

2024-08-19 16:22:41

That's the last episode of the current batch. If you have questions for me or @npub15ml…2w4s send 'em to robot at theincomparable dot com. We're recording new ones Thursday.
https://zeppelin.flights/@incomparable/112989536478515331

2024-08-12 18:45:03

money money money money
who takes all the money
it’s Apple
https://mastodon.macstories.net/@viticci/112950323040395181

2024-08-08 17:02:08

Here's a nice piece explaining how Apple's new intrusive permissions demands will end up leading to a developer degrading the quality of his software in order to get out of Apple's way.
https://www.stclairsoft.com/blog/2024/08/07/sequoias-weekly-permission-prompts-for-screen-recording/

2024-08-07 19:13:31

Just posted on Six Colors: Apple’s permissions features are out of balance
https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/08/apples-permissions-features-are-out-of-balance/

2024-08-06 22:54:59

I will share some good news. I haven't verified it lately, but it's my understanding that permissions now survive a system migration? Meaning that when you migrate, you won't have to approve 200 dialog boxes and check boxes in Settings to get apps up and running. That's a win for the users, I guess.
Meanwhile I suppose I should schedule some weekly 'authorize my apps to do what I installed them to do' time in my calendar...

2024-08-06 22:40:47

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Why "utter contempt?" It's saying that, even if I know for a fact that I want to give a particular app permission, macOS will treat me a like a child and keep asking me. Because Apple doesn't believe I am qualified to grant permanent permission to any app.
Another sign that the people in charge of security and privacy features at Apple are out of control and that nobody who stands up for user experience is being heard.

2024-08-06 22:38:36

I know, I know, "security." This shows utter contempt for the user.
I was just asked to authorize an app that I've used SINCE THE 1990s so it would continue working for a week. And next week I guess it'll ask again?
You have to let the user say, somewhere, "never ask me again--always allow."
https://mastodon.online/@9to5Mac/112916905882020099

2024-07-15 17:35:17

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@npub1utv…87lr There's beauty in the breakdown

2024-07-05 21:01:57

Is my next Six Colors piece just an excuse to make a Real Genius reference? Look, I don't need an excuse. But yes. It goes from Me to Real Genius to Six Colors to the cleaners.

2024-07-04 20:13:45

Submit to Skeletor
https://cottonbureau.com/p/5FJDBY/shirt/number-1-draft-pick

2024-06-28 22:49:10

At some point I thought I got a closed local trail removed from Apple Maps, but it's back and being used in the new trail route feature in the betas! I don't know where Apple's getting its trail data from but this trail has been closed for five years. You can't even see it now, it’s entirely overgrown.
https://cdn.masto.host/zeppelinflights/media_attachments/files/112/696/685/058/031/247/original/dc40755d5fcc838b.png

2024-06-28 21:19:03

Microsoft seemed to care a lot about intellectual property when it was copy protecting disks and generating Windows serial numbers.
But if copyright law stands between tech giants and their next billion, they're against it. Sure. https://zeppelin.flights/@dmoren/112696246172728830

2024-06-18 01:50:00

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@npub1hvd…9sq9 um....

2024-05-24 22:06:20

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@npub15ml…2w4s You're a few months behind

2024-05-17 15:41:34

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@npub1hvd…9sq9 I believe this is also true of all Wirecutter stories and recipes if you're on the basic NYT tier, right?

2024-05-09 21:04:37

Legitimately surprised it was the "Crush" ad and not the AI-powered replacements for musicians as the thing that fed the discourse.
Me, I'm still shaking my head about the guy gleefully editing Numbers spreadsheets on BART.

2024-05-08 11:51:54

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@npub1sdu…w074 you mean like "make Files work, finally, after years of failure"?

2024-01-05 23:25:07

Just posted on Six Colors: There and Back Again: Foregoing Fantastical
https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/01/there-and-back-again-foregoing-fantastical/

2023-12-06 00:20:20

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@npub1xsy…cevg @npub1wm2…yawh Margo is now far away from her birthplace working for people who were theoretically her enemies and not speaking her native language, geez doesn't that sound like the very situation her mentor was in? (We mention this on the podcast, too… serious WVB vibes.)

2023-11-20 18:44:50

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@npub1xsy…cevg @npub1uu9…ek7g I just stole it from @npub1c5n…24hn :referenceacknowledged:

2023-10-16 18:02:33

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@npub1xsy…cevg you could ask your admin, we're not doing anything special

2023-09-18 16:01:37

Just posted on Six Colors: iPadOS 17 Review: A fitting stage, at last
https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/09/ipados-17-review/

2023-09-08 20:26:04

Just posted on Six Colors: Review: 27-inch Samsung ViewFinity S9 display
https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/09/review-27-inch-samsung-viewfinity-s9-display/